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BBS Route · Kentucky · BCR 24

Merrimac Bird Survey Route

A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 107 species recorded across 55 survey years, still active.

107Species Recorded
55Years Surveyed
1967–2024Span
3Observers

Bird Species Found on Kentucky Merrimac

Top 40 of 107 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.

Species recorded on the Merrimac route.
History
Indigo BuntingCardinalidae582024-25%1969
Mourning DoveColumbidae452024+1%1969
Red-winged BlackbirdIcteridae352024-22%1969
Common GrackleIcteridae352024-73%1969
American CrowCorvidae322024-42%1969
Northern CardinalCardinalidae322024+18%1969
Song SparrowPasserellidae312024+723%1970
Barn SwallowHirundinidae282024-35%1969
Eastern MeadowlarkIcteridae262024-65%1969
Common YellowthroatParulidae262024+22%1969
American RobinTurdidae252024+7%1969
Northern MockingbirdMimidae232024-8%1969
European StarlingSturnidae212024-32%1969
Chipping SparrowPasserellidae212024+3%1969
House SparrowPasseridae212024-83%1969
American GoldfinchFringillidae202024-26%1969
Field SparrowPasserellidae192024-62%1969
Eastern BluebirdTurdidae192024-49%1969
Carolina WrenTroglodytidae182024+97%1969
KilldeerCharadriidae162024+517%1969
Red-bellied WoodpeckerPicidae162024+27%1969
Eastern Wood-PeweeTyrannidae162024-26%1969
Orchard OrioleIcteridae142024-3%1969
Eastern KingbirdTyrannidae132024+46%1969
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteriidae132024-44%1969
Yellow-billed CuckooCuculidae122024-38%1969
Red-eyed VireoVireonidae122024+94%1969
Cliff SwallowHirundinidae122024+73%2015
Brown-headed CowbirdIcteridae112024-41%1969
Carolina ChickadeeParidae112024+175%1969
White-eyed VireoVireonidae102024+106%1969
White-breasted NuthatchSittidae102024+188%1969
Blue JayCorvidae92024-69%1969
Eastern TowheePasserellidae92024-43%1969
Tufted TitmouseParidae92024-58%1969
Northern ParulaParulidae92024+320%2001
American KestrelFalconidae82024+150%1969
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptilidae82024+8%1969
Blue GrosbeakCardinalidae8202411×1975
Brown ThrasherMimidae72024+8%1969

Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.